note: all are brand new, unopened, unplayed. VERY LIMITED COPIES!

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HARDCORE-PUNK / HARDCORE
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AGNOSTIC FRONT
Live at CBGB's CD (with 2 bonus tracks with a bonus DVD)

Hardcore legends Agnostic Front brutalize their rabid fan base at New York's
famed CBGB's
with 19 ear-shattering classics, and now fans who may not have been able to
attend the
East Coast show can catch all the action with this release featuring the entire
set as well as
some bodacious bonus materials. After listening to the band tear through such
tracks as
"Your Mistake," "Last Warning," and "Friend or Foe," cameras take a look behind
the scenes
in a documentary entitled "Behind the Voice" and catch up with band member
Vinnie
Stigma for a rare, no-holds-barred interview. A photo gallery is also included,
and after
watching the live performance on television, fans can take the show with them
wherever
they go thanks to an additional live CD that also offers two bonus tracks. ~
Jason Buchanan

(RM55)

FUCKED UP
Hidden World CD

FUCKED UP's first release for Jade Tree is cloaked in shades of unconventional
aesthetics,
symbolic overtones and a self-proclaimed "culture of confusion." Hidden World,
the
band's first full length studio album, marks a turning point for the mysterious
Toronto
band, transcending the boundaries of punk with melody, aggression, expansive
structures
and enigmatic diatribes on what lies underneath the immediate, visualized world.
FUCKED
UP combine confrontational ideologies with deliberate misinformation to produce
a brutal
analysis on thought provocative punk. In a word, FUCKED UP and Hidden World is
dangerous and unpredictable in a time when punk has become a manufactured
commodity.

(RM47)

DAS OATH
Das Oath CD

This half NY/half Netherlands hardcore punk outfit got its start in 2000. Das
Oath is a fine
balance between classic hardcore, structuralized arty noise, and 70's punk rock.
Mix the
energy of The Germs and the progressive sound of earlier Killing Joke with the
gritty noise
overload of DC's Void and the anthemic undertones of Agnostic Front and you'll
hear Das
Oath - a sound no other band comes up with in the world of loud music.

(RM47)

DAS OATH
Das Oath Mini-album CD

This debut full-length contains fifteen songs, line-up includes ex and current
members of
Charles Bronson, Virgin Megawhore, Monster X, Mainstrike, Holy Molar, Devoid Of
Faith,
and Oil.

(RM47)

ASBESTOS DEATH
Dejection / Unclean CD (Southern Lord)

A collection of the complete recorded output from this late-'80s hardcore band
comprised
of pre-SLEEP members ALL CISNEROS (OM), CHRIS HAKIUS (OM), and MATT PIKE (HIGH
ON
FIRE), along with THOMAS CHOI (ITISL/OPERATOR GENERATOR).

Includes both tracks from the band's self-released Unclean EP, along with two
more tracks
taken from the Dejection EP originally released by Profane Existence. Carefully
mastered
from the original source material by MELL DETTMER (Earth, Sunn O))), Kinski) and
packaged with artwork designed by STEPHEN O'MALLEY.

(RM40)

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POST-ROCK / AMBIENT-METAL / DRONE
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RED SPAROWES
At The Soundless Dawn CD

Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former
members
of Neurosis, Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is
characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise
uncommon
extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.

This is their debut album, a double-CD pack released by Neurot.

(RM47)

JESU
Lifeline CDEP

"Lifeline" contains four of Justin K. Broadrick's most refined tracks of
shoegazed metallic
abandon, one of which features Swans diva of doom, Jarboe. "Broadrick's music
comes
over the stereo like its own weather pattern, an experience with more layers and
detail
than even 10 or 20 listens can trace out" - Pitchfork. "Arguably the most
influential single
figure in extreme music over the last two decades" - Popmatters.

(RM40)

JESU
Conqueror CD

Jesu returns with nearly an hour of weighty, otherworldly heaviness that
defies the default designation of metal. The opening titular cut has as much in
common
with early Pink Floyd as it does with band member Justin Broadrickís other
outfits, Napalm
Death and Godflesh. That said, there's plenty here to enrage the savage beast,
such as the
dark and detuned opening of "Old Year," the icy epic "Mother Earth" and the
recording's
centerpiece, the restless and imaginative 10-minute Flaming Lips-esque
"Weightless and
Horizontal," which displays the band's debt to space rock without apology and
without any
sacrifice of aforementioned heaviness. As good as Conqueror is, it's hardly the
band's
masterpiece. The work laid here suggests that Jesu has much more exploring and
refining
to do but this recording is as good a place as any for listeners to begin
anticipating the
moment when this outfit climbs up from the underground to reap the rich rewards
it so
clearly deserves. A fantastic and darkly inspiring work.ññJedd Beaudoin

(RM50)

GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!
Lift Your Skinny Fists 2xCD

Canada's Godspeed You Black Emperor raise the ante on their already ambitious
orchestral
rock by releasing a double CD of material as their second full-length album. The
group
combines the drums and guitar of typical rock-band instrumentation with horns
and
strings to create a music built around drones and slowly evolving melodic
figures. It rises
and falls from delicate introductory passages to unabashed grand climaxes. Their
juxtaposition of drums with violins and lush romantic tonality brings to mind
Rachel's, but
their compositional scale and the pounding repetitive intensity of their dynamic
peaks
evoke Glenn Branca's The Ascension.

Although the two discs are indexed at only two 21-minute tracks each, the
package
includes a handy road map to the movements into which each is subdivided. The
opening
piece starts with five minutes of a 15-beat circular melodic pattern that is
gradually
embellished as the volume swells to an ecstatic roar. The release drops down to
a pastoral
drone that rebuilds to support an acid-etched guitar solo, which in turn yields
to a unified
4/4 kraut rock pound that eventually explodes, leaving behind field recordings
of public
announcements mingled with wandering late-night Swell Maps piano. The other
pieces
use a similar set of sonic building blocks to take the listener on comparable
journeys.

Fans of Godspeed's previous work will be very happy, and the curious might want
to hop
on board as well. --Bob Bannister

(RM60)

PELICAN
City of Echoes CD

the band that brought you australasia and the fire in our throats will beckon
the thaw
(decibel magazine's album of the year for 2005) returns with opus number three,
a series
of (r) evolutionary instrumental ruminations on touring and the homogenous
effects of
globalization. with shorter songs and expanded catchiness, city of echoes is
pelican's "pop
album," according to guitarist laurent schroeder-lebec, a deftly executed
reminder that
these dudes can do whatever they feel like and still make those hairs on the
back of our
necks stand up like tiny little boners. which is a-okay by us, because whenever
lsl and
fellow guitarist trevor de brauw join forces with the now-la-based herweg
brothers--larry
(drums) and bryan (bass) --to form the ultimate instrumental quadrangle, it's
all shazzam!
and the next thing you know, they're dropping so many suckas with all those
sweet,
victorious riffs that it begins to feel like chicago in july, when everybody's
air-conditioners
simultaneously shit the bed and the old folks start piling up like logs at the
city morgue.
when the heat wave passes and the humidity subsides, the pelican dudes stand on
top of
the proverbial heap, possibly hoisting a chalice of some type--maybe even a
sword, but
not in a manowar kind of way--as the reverberations from their own amplified
gloriousness rain upon their heads (and all of our heads, really) like manna
from heaven.
amen.

(RM50)

SUNN O)))
Black One CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Sixth and darkest album yet from the Sunn0))) camp. They continue with their
collaborative efforts, inviting OREN AMBARCHI, John Weise (BASTARD NOISE), Wrest
(LEVIATHAN, LURKER OF CHALICE), and Malefic (XASTHUR, TWILIGHT). Progressive yet
primitive sub-sonic sounds from the deep.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Khanate CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Khanate was an extreme doom metal supergroup that brought together James Plotkin
and
Alan Dubin, two members of the defunct band OLD (AKA Old Lady Drivers), as well
as Tim
Wyskida (of Blind Idiot God and Manbyrd) and Stephen O'Malley (of Burning Witch
and
Sunn O))) fame).

Keeping some similarity to O'Malley's previous band Burning Witch, Khanate
produced
songs that usually exceeded the 10 minute mark, characterised by extremely slow
tempos,
harsh layers of feedback and vocalist Alan Dubin's torturous shrieking.

One of the most original and innovative bands in the field of doom metal,
Khanate took
fundamental elements of doom and took them to an almost abstract extreme,
creating
tension with dissonance, timing, and Plotkin's electronic effects.

Japanese limited edition issue of the classic album in a deluxe, miniaturized LP
sleeve
replica of the original vinyl album artwork.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Thing Viral (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Seriously, what kind of mind produces music like this? This is unbelivably slow,
and so far
beyond the typical "Doom" metal genre that they fall in, I don't know what to
call it. It's
also the BEST horror movie soundreack ever. Alan Dubin's vocals range from a
chilling
whisper, to a horrific scream. Check out the last track, Too Close Enough To
Touch. If you
don't feel like hiding in a corner and contemplating sucide, you are not human.

For fans of Boris, Earth, and The Melvins, this may or may not be for you. The
influences
are there, but Khanate have definetly taken these influences and made them their
own.
Listening alone at night is recommended.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Capture & Release CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Capture & Release was the final album (although there are rumours of another
as-of-yet
unreleased album) by the Drone doom metal band Khanate. It was released in 2005
and is
on the Hydra Head label.

The album contains only two tracks, "Capture" and "Release," both of which
provide the
album its name.

(RM75)

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone CD (Japanese Pressing)

Sometimes Explosions in the Sky start with a whisper and end with a scream, but
on "Birth
and Death of the Day", they begin with a scream and proceed into a symphonic
odyssey
that Aaron Copland might have composed if he'd played electric guitar. Like
Copland, EITS
are cinematic, but with more kinetic drive than any film--except maybe
Koyaanisqatsi--
could match. Compositions like "It's Natural to Be Afraid" take you on epic
journeys that
roar like a Harley Davidson one minute and slip into taut contemplation the
next, using
the slow-tension build that EITS have perfected. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
was
produced by John Congleton, who has worked with lo-fi groups like the Roots and
the
Mountain Goats. That might explain why the album lacks the atmosphere of EITS's
monumental The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place and their Friday Night Lights
soundtrack.
Instead, they rely even more on the arc of their compositions and the integral
twin lead
guitar lines that never solo but always drive the songs. They can shift from
power-chord
aggression to the sound of plucked mandolins in an instant. This is progressive
rock for
people who weren't even born when prog reigned supreme. It's the sound of King
Crimson, transmuted through punk and grunge aesthetics. --John Diliberto

(RM60)

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DEATH METAL / DOOM / GRIND
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DEICIDE
The Stench of Redemption CD

Many critics have praised this album as a return to form for Deicide, despite
the band
losing both Eric and Brian Hoffman, the two founding members. There is a
noticeable
change in the guitar work, as guitar leads are much more prevalent and sometimes
even
reach epic proportions (a good example being the closing cut, "The Lord's
Sedition", which
is not only the longest Deicide song to date, but also notable for the moody,
dark, clean
guitar intro). The style of the solos on the album is also drastically different
than it has
been on previous Deicide records. Ralph Santolla and Jack Owen utilize a
neo-classical
style of guitar soloing along with the traditional riffing of Deicide. Many fans
have also
noticed Glen's trademark double-tracked vocal style sounds better than it has in
years.

(RM47)

KATATONIA
Discouraged Ones CD

Now re-mastered and re-issued, here comes another classic offering from Sweden's
Katatonia in the shape of their third album from 1998. Features bonus tracks in
the shape
of 'Quiet World' & 'Scarlet Heavens'. The track 'Quiet World' comes from the
Discouraged
Ones recording session. 'Scarlet Heavens' is a rare track dating all the way
back to 1994.
'Discouraged Ones' was recorded July-August 1997 at the infamous Sunlight
Studios by
Fred Estby and Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Dismember, etc). The album saw a new
direction change with the epic compositions of old replaced with stripped down,
compact
structures to make room for new vocal harmonies courtesy of Jonas Renkse (who
also
played drums on the album), putting an end to the growling vocal style from
before and
giving the band a much broader appeal.

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Feathers CD

Very few bands have what it takes to leaven their stoner rock with equal parts
melody and
exploratory noise. Their exhilarating fourth album, Feathers, is the DC-based
group's best
album by far, thanks in no small part to the addition of second guitarist Cory
Shane. Half
the album is so good--and so eclectic--it brings to mind the bass-heavy assault
of
classic Blue Cheer and Sabbath, the sweet confectioner's space-pop of Jack Drag
and Brian
Jonestown Massacre, and the locked groove swagger of Comets on Fire and Black
Mountain. Dead Meadow aren't afraid to melt genre conventions; "at Her Open
Door," for
instance, is very Zepp-y but trippy and sugar-y sweetóalmost like Bumble Puppy,
but way
better. "Stacy's Song" is levitating and beautiful, a reverb-saturated tune that
showcases
singer-guitarist Jason Simon's distinctive vocals. --Mike McGonigal

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Dead Meadow CD

Dead Meadow are a retro stoner psych rock power trio playing fuzzed out
space-jams in a
heavy and rollicking yet still kinda mellow mode. For fans of Blue Cheer and
their fellow
Tolatta act Spirit Caravan. They're also reminiscent of a more jammed-out,
psychedelic
Sleep, but with some gentle touches -- there's even interludes of acoustic
guitar indie-
pop. This one grew on us! [See! ] It's definitely more "out-of-time" than most
other stoner
rock efforts, harking back not to the arenas of the '70s but to the garages and
hippie pads
of the late '60s. As such it stands apart from the current legions of Kyuss / Fu
Manchu
clones.

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Shivering King & Others CD

Dead Meadow set a new high water mark for lunacy delivered with absolute
sincerity. More
cohesive, focussed, and mind-numbingly heavy than all their previous LPs put
together,
and that is saying alot. Like Spacemen3 and Black Sabbath getting stuck in the
Brundle
teleporter and coming out the other an improbable amalgam.

(RM47)

NAPALM DEATH
Scum CD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

The essential debut album with DVD featuring original member Mick Harris
recalling the
early days of Napalm Death, and re-visits the pivotal places in the history of
the 'Scum'
recording - Rich Bitch Studios, The Mermaid and old rehearsal spaces.

Additional interviews with Classic Rock journalist Malcolm Dome, Kerrang writer
Dom
Lawson, as well as Earache founder Digby Pearson and Turner Art prize 2006
nominee
Mark Titchner, all whom discuss the impact of the album on them and the music
scene in
general.

(RM65)

CANNIBAL CORPSE
Vile CD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Cannibal Corpse's rerelease of their 1996 masterpiece "Vile" - a two-disc set
which will
include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the "Vile" era. The bulk of the
concert
material was filmed using three "old-school Hi8 cameras" on February 3, 1997 at
San
Francisco's Berkely Square, with four additional tracks shot the following night
(February
4, 1997) using only two cameras.

(RM65)

GALLHAMMER
The Dawn of... (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Gallhammer is three Japanese females heavily influenced by Hellhammer, Burzum
and
Amebix. And, as is often the case with Japanese acts, this is obscure and
unusual metal,
somewhere between black metal, doom and sludge.

This is a CD/DVD set featuring old & new demo and rehearsal tracks, plus a DVD
packed
with footage of the band's electrifying performances around Tokyo.

(RM60)

DARKTHRONE
Preparing for War 2xCD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Features 2 CD's and a DVD in a clam box, complete with poster and booklet
containing an
in-depth interview with the band, conducted by UK journalist James Hinchliffe.

Disc 1 is the original Preparing For War CD that was released via Peaceville in
2001... Disc
2 is a continuation of the theme and is a collection of rare and highly sought
after
recordings of classic Darkthrone songs... The DVD contains a collection of
Darkthrone's
very rare live appearances, kicking off with their only TV appearance ever - a
two song set
for Oslo TV way back in 1989... Also on the DVD is one of the only fully filmed
gigs of
Darkthrone available, filmed in Riihimaki, Finland in 1991. There are also four
tracks
filmed live at a gig in Lahti, Finland in 1991 and three tracks filmed in Oslo
in 1996.

(RM65)

NIHILIST
1987-1989 CD

Nihilist was only a footnote in the burgeoning Swedish death metal scene of the
late '80s,
but they were an important footnote. Four of Nihilist's members -- singer L. G.
Petrov,
guitarist Alex Hellid, bassist Johnny Hedlund, and drummer Nicke Andersson --
went on
to become members of Entombed, one of the most important bands in the history of
Nordic death metal.

The main focus of The Nihilish Demos is, as the title indicates, demos that the
short-lived
band recorded in 1988 and 1989. Nihilist never provided an official full-length
album, and
these demos are the only chance to hear what they sounded like in the studio.
Not
everything on this disc is by Nihilist -- the last three tracks are from
Entombed's But Life
Goes On demo of 1989. But Nihilist is the main focus, and their demos capture
the primal,
raw, punk-minded spirit that death metal had in the beginning. ~ Alex Henderson,
All
Music Guide

(RM47)

REVEREND BIZARRE
II: Crush The Insects CD

"Crush the Insects" is finally here, the second full-length album of the Finnish
True Doom
trio (yes, 2nd, do not get confused, the band considers the 74-minute long
"Harbinger of
Metal" as an extended EP, and so is the case with the 65 minute long "Return to
the
Rectory" CD full of new material that was included as a free bonus in
Spikefarm's re-issue
of their debut album; so second it is, who am I to argue?). So, how's this album
compared
to the previous releases? Well, the main difference is that the speeds have
increased. In
the past, REVEREND BIZARRE has gotten us used in ultra slow doom metal
compositions
with occasional outbreaks. In "Crush the Insects" next to the creepy torturing
slow songs
we also find faster ones, yet still very much doom metal, and of course of the
true
authentic variety (it couldn't be otherwise!). So in other words, the new album
is more
varied. - Metal Invader (RM55)

REVEREND BIZARRE
In The Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend CD

At last! Itís been a lot of time since a really good new pure doom band has
appeared.
REVEREND BIZARRE is a Finnish trio, true believers of the cult of the Holy Four
(a. k.a.
BLACK SABBATH or simply the best band in the world ever!) that have studied the
teachings of their evangelists CANDLEMASS, SAINT VITUS, THE OBSESSED, TROUBLE
and
decided to pay tribute and follow their direction. Accordingly, REVEREND BIZZARE
play old
school traditional doom. In their music purity is the key word. The best
description that I
can give about their music is the following: Imagine something like CATHEDRALís
debut
ìForest of Equilibriumî but simpler and with clean vocals. - Metal Invader

(RM55)

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THRASH METAL REVIVAL!
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MUNICIPAL WASTE
Hazardous Mutation CD

Municipal Waste capture the sound of late 80s crossover in a superbly effortless
fashion
and combine it with their own originally juvenile sense of humour. The album
sprawls over
16 tracks that each nail the vibes of the 80s yet shine with a contemporary
energy and
appeal that make Municipal Waste stand out from the crowd.

(RM55)

MUNICIPAL WASTE
Hazardous Mutation CD (with bonus DVD) (RM60)

MUNICIPAL WASTE
Art of Partying CD (Special Edition with patch)

The kings of (new) thrash, Municipal Waste, show us 'The Art of Partying' on
their
sophmore album with Earache Records. Produced by the infamous Zeuss (Hatebreed,
Shadows Fall). First pressing comes with a limited edition Municipal Waste
patch!

(RM60)

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OTHERS
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Lullabies To Paralyze CD (Deluxe Edition with bonus DVD!)

Anyone looking for a band that can mix and match metal, blues, thrash, punk,
psychedelia, and grunge as the mood suits will be floored by Lullabies. Features
Josh
Homme with guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle) and drummer Joey
Castillo
(Danzig). This fourth album also includes appearances by Brody Dalle, Shirley
Manson and
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons.

(RM40)

OXBOW Love That Last CD

San Francisco's Oxbow showcase their aplomb at churning the time-tested rock and
roll
vocal/guitar/bass/drums formula into a noxious blend of Birthday
Party/Beefheartian
discord and Swans nihilism.

(RM50)

STEPHEN BRODSKY'S OCTAVE MUSEUM
Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum (3rd Album) CD

Although Stephen Brodsky is nationally known as the frontman for Cave-In as well
as a fill
in bassist for Converge, his solo efforts are more of a step toward experimental
indie pop
than his normal array of Iron Maiden-influenced metal-core.

(RM50)

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REGIONAL STUFF
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BOMBARDE
Bombard CDEP
Singaporean brutal crust-grind, debut recording, recorded in 2005.

(RM 6)

SERINGAI
High-Octane Rock cassette
Jakarta's heavy hard-rock featuring members of early Indonesian hardcore/punk
bands.

(RM10)

BURGERKILL
Beyond Come & Despair CD
Bandung's legendary metal-core veterans.

(RM20)

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